World Deaf Football Championships: USA sweeps England

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Sep 29, 2023

The U.S. men’s and women's national teams both beat England teams on Friday at the World Deaf Football Championships in Malaysia.

A goal by Chad Johnson gave the U.S. men a 1-0 win in the round of 16. They will face Senegal in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

Sept. 29 in Kuala Lumpur
USA 1 England 0. Goal: Johnson (Schmid) 42.
USA -- Jaspers; Dircio, Lancaster, Frentz, Perry; B.Anderson (D.Anderson, 79), Kanashiro, Silva; Johnson (Neil, 77), Schmid (Salvi, 92+) Bourdon.


The U.S. women got two goals apiece from Emily Spreeman and Holly Hunter in a 4-0 win against England, its third victory in three games.

Sunday’s group finale is against Poland in a rematch of the 2022 Deaflympics final the USA won in a shootout.

Sept. 29 in Kuala Lumpur
USA 4 England 0. Goals: Hunter (Wylie) 9, Spreeman (Hunter) 20, Spreeman (Price) 58, Hunter 62.            
USA -- DeGraw, Ward (Price, 46), Beaudry, Fitzgerald, McMurry (White, 17), Khachadourian (Derrington, 78), Spreeman, Andrews, Post, Wylie, (Kohen, 46) Hunter (Shysh, 72).